Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-05

like our worthy contemporary, the Moore
field Examiner.
The REGISTER like the Examiner, has
advocating the claims OF any par
ticular Democrat for Senator to succeed
Mr.. CAMDEN, but it is about time to say
something. There is scarcely a Democrat
in the State that is not heartily tired OF
the senseless war that has been kept up
by Mr.. MAsoN's West TIrgiRia Democrat
$50 called, and its small but aggressive
following against Senator CAMDEN. II Is
time that every good Democrat should ask
himself what this means? Is 1T a RepnD-
lican OF Democratic X he IS grlndlng'
What has Mr.. CAMDEN done, or failed TO
do, that the cry should be raised OF any
thing to beat CAMDEN" even to the sacri-
ticing of the party for Republican support!
There are unquestiOnably many other good
Democrats in the party who would be a
credit to the State, but is there any better
or more loyal Democrat than Mr.. CAADEN
has always been? Or a man who has been
more faithfully devoted to the best inter-
ests of the State. True he may not be Us
brilliant or as theoretical as some other
Democrats who may aspire to the Oniteo
States Senatorship, but where can be found
a man with better judgment, harders sense,
more intelligent aud practical business
knowledge greater energy or one who COM
mands more respect from his peers Than
Mr.. CAMDEN?
The Legislature will convene IN a lew
DAVIS. and the election of Senator Is Close
upon rs. Mr.. CAMEEN, so far, is praeti-
caIly the only candidate. He IS undouot-
edly the choice of a large majority oil his
party. Indeed, so far as the Northern
Panhandle and the river counties are con-
cerned we believe he is the choice oil
eleyen-twelfths of the Democrats therein
And vet we see a few persons claiming to
be Democrats, headed by Mr.. MAsoNs
organ of diSorganizatiOn, concocting
schemes and afhliating with the Republl-
can minority, pleading and begging q few
Democratic votes to desert their party or
SANITATION, and join with him n the
Republicans to elect somebody else VINO Is
not a candidate, in order to defeat Mr.
CAMDEN, and that too, after Mr.. CAMDEN
has borne the brunt of a hard fought can'
yass. and contributed more than any one
else to party success. In fact made II pos
sible to elect a Democratic Senator at al
by this Legislature.
Judge ARMSTRONG is q good and aole
man. Perhaps we have few better men,
but he is a Judge upon the bench and has
taken no part in politics, and has con
tributed nothing 10 party organization Of
PARTY success. The same may be said o.
Judge Holt. The REGISTER has nough'
to say against either, and 1t vii
be glad to see them both ele
Yated to the highest positions wher
the time comes. But the truth IS MIR
CAMDEN has made q good Senator, and ha'
been faithful to the interests Of the people
IN the discharge of his duties. All this cry
about monopoly will not fool anybody
Mr.. CAMDEN is in no sense a monopollst
1t is stated upon good authority that b
has never had an investment outside of b
State of West Virginia. His investment
have been made with reference to the de
yelopment of the State and for its best IN
~terests, and what he has created is subJec
to West Virginia taxation. 1t will be
cold day for the State when men Of thi
kind are cried down and proscribe'
for their public spirited enterpris
in bringing capital into the State to de
velop our mines and forests. Even Re
publicans will not ~sympathise with sue
sentiments. Mr.. CAMDEN has fairly wo
his reelection at the hands of his party
the Democracy recognize this, the peopl
are fair minded and abhor both ingratitud
and treachery. He has been undeservedl
turned down before, under just sue
pressure, and it made him a following {
friends such as few men have had in on
State. If he should be defeated now b
undemocratic methods. or by intrigues,
would cause q clap of indignation in tn
mind of every true Democrat in the Stat
that time will not efface. If he is not tn
choice of the party aeeordin
10 Democratic custom and usage, then b
and his friends, as good Democrats, WI
ebeerfully acquiese in the will Of the M
iority. This is one thing that has alway
been conspicuous in the Senator.
The bitterness of the warfare made NJ
on CAMDEN has been unprecedented /
politics. Never before has the spectacI
been witnessed of q newspaper pubiishe
for the sole purpose of defaming a publ
man. and circulated secretly, free of charg'
to all who would read it-and yet with
little effect. Few mems public eha-actel
could have stood the test his has, and te
mems patience and prudence would ha'
horne in silence this constant abu:
and persecution. He has quietly left
withthe people to judge of him by b
acts and record without volunteering
word in his own defense.
The REGISTER has not said much 80 II
upon the question as to who should
!, ocrssis ss IT i i time nov s snsi !. '1 lsyos
democratic usage anf Democratic int
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